SOR II HSC Judaism Quotes

1. Marriage (MG) 2. Environmental Ethics (EE) 3. Rabbi Heschel (RH)

(MG) Describe - Genesis 2:18

“It is not good for man to be alone, I will make a fitting helper for him.”

(MG) Expresses Beliefs of Judaism - Genesis 1:27

“God said to them ‘be fruitful and multiply and fill the Earth.’”

(MG) Expresses Beliefs of Judaism - Ezekiel 11:16

Spouses should build their home as a “Small sanctuary devoted to God.”

(EE) Bal Taschit - Talmud Shabbath 67b

“Those who burn more fuel than necessary violate a mandate.”

(EE) Bal Taschit - Deut 20:19

“You shall not destroy its tree by wielding an axe against them.”

(EE) Tikkum Olam - Midrash

“Tend well to the Earth, for there will be no one to make it right after you.”

(EE) L’ovolah Ul’shomrah - Genesis 2:15

“God put humanity into the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.”

(RH) Writings - The Sabbath “The Sabbath is the….”

“The Sabbath is the presence of God in the world, open to the soul of man.”

(RH) Writings - God in Search of Man “The true meaning…”

“The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God.”

(RH) Writings - God in Search of Man “To be…”

“To be spiritual is to be amazed.”

(RH) Original Philosophy - “The opposite of good is…”

“The opposite of good is not evil; it is indifference.”

(RH) Original Philosophy - Ultimate Embarrassment

“Philosophy can’t be the same after Auschwitz and Hiroshima.”

(RH) Interfaith/Social Justice - March to Selma

“I felt like my legs were praying.”